The Smithsonian national museum of natural history in Washington DC is set to unveil a fragment of the asteroid Bennu to the public next week. According to Space.com, the rare …
Home Technology OSIRIS-REx Brought More Than 60 Grams Of Asteroid Sample To Earth: NASA About 8.8 ounces of rocky material was brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx in late September. …
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in Utah on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The sample was collected from the 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu …
Earth is about to receive the largest asteroid sample captured in space, one that scientists say could offer clues — even possible surprises — about how planets were formed billions …